Displaying antique reels: I have about 30 antique reels. Some are spinning, some fly, some baitcasting and a few mooching reels. I am looking for good ways to display them, on a shelf...

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

I have about 30 antique reels. Some are spinning, some fly, some baitcasting and a few mooching reels. I am looking for good ways to display them, on a shelf on the wall or any other way. I have woodworking skill and tools to make what I need. I am open to any suggestions, especially with attached photos. I have to give credit to Tuboshu for inspiring me to create this topic. Thanks in advnce

Billycrap2 Loc: Mason county,W(BY GOD) Virginia, 🇺🇸🦅

bapabear wrote:

I have about 30 antique reels. Some are spinning, some fly, some baitcasting and a few mooching reels. I am looking for good ways to display them, on a shelf on the wall or any other way. I have woodworking skill and tools to make what I need. I am open to any suggestions, especially with attached photos. I have to give credit to Tuboshu for inspiring me to create this topic. Thanks in advnce

Try DIY on YouTube lots of videos
Should be some ideas for you 👍🏽👍🏽

J in Cleveland Loc: Cleveland, Ohio

I’d go with a large shadow box. Maybe fastened to the back in a way that they looked like they float or dowel rods that stuck out from the back. Have fun can’t wait to see what u come up with.

seesalt Loc: Pisgah Forest, NC

bapabear wrote:

I have about 30 antique reels. Some are spinning, some fly, some baitcasting and a few mooching reels. I am looking for good ways to display them, on a shelf on the wall or any other way. I have woodworking skill and tools to make what I need. I am open to any suggestions, especially with attached photos. I have to give credit to Tuboshu for inspiring me to create this topic. Thanks in advnce

My BIL found some wooden soft drink crates with dividers for the individual bottles. He had them filled with old baitcasters. He hung them on the wall for display. Looked really nice. The cost of the vintage drink crates might be somewhat expensive these days. Don't know if they would work for spinning reels.

florida Loc: Southwest Florida/ Virginia

HI! If I am not mistaking "ANTIQUES" are 100 years old or more. If you do have some reels from 1824 or before I would be interested. Not to pop your bubble, reels 20 years and older are "VINTAGE".

Jarheadfishnfool Loc: Woodlake/Tulare ,Ca.

bapabear wrote:

I have about 30 antique reels. Some are spinning, some fly, some baitcasting and a few mooching reels. I am looking for good ways to display them, on a shelf on the wall or any other way. I have woodworking skill and tools to make what I need. I am open to any suggestions, especially with attached photos. I have to give credit to Tuboshu for inspiring me to create this topic. Thanks in advnce

Try what you Think 1st and let the comments change or stay as photos Sir 🤙

bapabear Loc: Blaine, Washington

florida wrote:

HI! If I am not mistaking "ANTIQUES" are 100 years old or more. If you do have some reels from 1824 or before I would be interested. Not to pop your bubble, reels 20 years and older are "VINTAGE".

Actually, you are mistaken according to the dictionary. According to Oxford:
a collectible object such as a piece of furniture or work of art that has a high value because of its considerable age.
"Pauline loves collecting antiques"
Similar:
collector's item
period piece
museum piece
antiquity
object of virtu
heirloom
treasure
relic
curio
objet d'art
bygone
adjective
1.
(of a collectible object) having a high value because of considerable age.
"an antique clock"

belonging to ancient times.
"statues of antique gods"
Similar:
ancient
of long ago
classical
of yore
verb

That being said, if you want to call them vintage, who am I to argue. The truth be told, I don't give a darn what they are called. I generally just call them old, as most of my reels are from the fifties and well before. Some are pre 1900.
The important thing is that I am not an antique, because I am definitely non more valuable due to my age. I am just old

SILVER SEEKER Loc: Everson, Wa

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Right on Bapa Bear. They are even classifying furniture from the 1970s and 1980s as antique collectables. I could also be classified as an antique but like you I am just old.

Chuckay Loc: Central Florida

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I watch the antique road show and lot's of the old antique items has went down in price from the last ten years, I believe it's because the young people coming up doesn't want old they want new 😂 I hate that because you would think they would want to keep history alive 🥴🥴🙏🙏

tuboshu Loc: Kennebunk, Maine

bapabear wrote:

I have about 30 antique reels. Some are spinning, some fly, some baitcasting and a few mooching reels. I am looking for good ways to display them, on a shelf on the wall or any other way. I have woodworking skill and tools to make what I need. I am open to any suggestions, especially with attached photos. I have to give credit to Tuboshu for inspiring me to create this topic. Thanks in advnce

Thanks for the credit, but I got my inspiration from the Japanese art of Siuseki, https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=37f724872de16756&hl=en-US&sxsrf=ACQVn09NCYEK9oDi0vmPYvON7KsKoTK8Wg:1707051263271&q=suiseki&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj7lqTB3ZGEAxXyrokEHVR6CK4Q0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=576&bih=730&dpr=2 (I hope that link works)

I played around with it for a few years but never got very good at it. Here's a photo of one of my early efforts:

Gmchief Loc: New Hampshire coast

SILVER SEEKER wrote:

Right on Bapa Bear. They are even classifying furniture from the 1970s and 1980s as antique collectables. I could also be classified as an antique but like you I am just old.

I don’t like seeing Antique Auto plates on cars I used to drive 😆. I don’t want to consider what that makes me!

Frank romero Loc: Clovis, NM

bapabear wrote:

I have about 30 antique reels. Some are spinning, some fly, some baitcasting and a few mooching reels. I am looking for good ways to display them, on a shelf on the wall or any other way. I have woodworking skill and tools to make what I need. I am open to any suggestions, especially with attached photos. I have to give credit to Tuboshu for inspiring me to create this topic. Thanks in advnce

I like to work with wood also. Looking forward to pictures of what you come up with. My granddaughter had a child in December and texted me a picture. The baby was in a cradle that I built when 1 of my grandsons was born. He is 32 years old. When I made it I never thought it would be around this long.

SILVER SEEKER Loc: Everson, Wa

Gmchief wrote:

I don’t like seeing Antique Auto plates on cars I used to drive 😆. I don’t want to consider what that makes me!

👍👍

thunderstick 70 Loc: wyoming

I bought an old standing cabinet that was a basket case at a thrift store a few years ago and re-stored it. I later saw the same kind of cabinet in a 1930s John Wayne western movie. I would say that it is old!

Mauwehu Loc: Norwalk Ct

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I think the best way would be floating shelves. Shelves that have no visible means of support. I would make them shallow. I have a vintage/ antique tackle box collection that I used aged barn wood for the shelves but didn’t float them. They’re in my man shed. I would have floated them in the house.